CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF GREECE) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING) (KINGDOM OF GREECE) ORDER

CONSULAR RELATIONS (MERCHANT SHIPPING)
(KINGDOM OF GREECE) ORDER

(Cap. 259, sections 5, 7 and 8)

[4th February, 1972.]

1. This order may be cited as the Consular Relations (Merchant
Shipping) (Kingdom of Greece) Order.

2. (1) For the purpose of this order a ship shall be treated as
belonging to the Kingdom of Greece if it is registered at a port in the
Kingdom of Greece.

(2) Nothing in this order shall apply to any ship of war.

3. Proceedings relating to the remuneration or any contract of
service of the master or a member of the crew of any ship belonging to
the Kingdom of Greece shall not be entertained by any court in Hong
Kong unless a consular officer of the Kingdom of Greece has been
notified of the intention to invoke the jurisdiction of that court and has
not objected within a period of two weeks from the date of such
notification and a statement to that effect is included among the details
on which the claim is based at the time when the proceedings are
commenced.

4. The Kingdom of Greece is designated for the purposes of section
7 of the Ordinance (which relates to detention on board ship for
disciplinary offences).
L.N. 30/72. Citation. Ships to be treated as belonging to the Kingdom of Greece. Proceedings relating to the remuneration, etc., of the master or crew of a ship belonging to the Kingdom of Greece. Detention on board ship for disciplinary offences.

L.N. 30/72. Citation. Ships to be treated as belonging to the Kingdom of Greece. Proceedings relating to the remuneration, etc., of the master or crew of a ship belonging to the Kingdom of Greece. Detention on board ship for disciplinary offences.

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